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Multiple Hillside accidents after alleged drink driving

Two hillside car accidents have seen cars flipped and charges laid on their drivers.

Police reported a number of collisions in the outer east and Hills via their Eyewatch on social media on Friday 23 January.

In Tecoma last week , police reported that a 54-year-old female driver returned a positive Preliminary Breath Test (PBT) for alcohol after colliding with a parked car causing her vehicle to overturn.

The woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries and a blood sample was taken, she faces charges in relation to drink-driving and careless driving pending a blood toxicology result.

Two other people in the parked car were uninjured.

Over in Mount Dandenong, a 34-year-old female driver lost control and left the road before her vehicle overturned, police said she also returned a positive PBT result and was taken to hospital where a blood sample was obtained for analysis.

The woman and her passenger had minor injuries and she now faces charges related to drink-driving and careless driving.

Police are reminding all motorists to remain vigilant and drive safely and will be out in increased numbers ahead final days of holidays before school begins.

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